Synonyms for continent
ˈkɒn tn əntcon·ti·nent

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1. continent

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. continentnoun

   one of the large landmasses of the earth

   "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

   Antonyms:
   unchaste, incontinent, leaky

2. Continentadjective

   the European mainland

   "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

   Antonyms:
   unchaste, leaky, incontinent

3. continentadjective

   having control over urination and defecation

   Synonyms:
   celibate

   Antonyms:
   leaky, unchaste, incontinent

4. celibate, continentadjective

   abstaining from sexual intercourse

   "celibate priests"

   Synonyms:
   celibate

   Antonyms:
   leaky, unchaste, incontinent

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1. • Landmass

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1. continentadjective

   Synonyms:
   chaste, temperate

2. continentnoun

   Synonyms:
   main land, great tract of land

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1. List of paraphrases for "continent":

   mainland, continente, continental, subcontinent, africa, sub-continent, continents

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1. Chad Greene:

   Antarctica is crumbling at its edges, and when ice shelves dwindle and weaken, the continent's massive glaciers tend to speed up and increase the rate of global sea level rise.

2. Antoinette Isama:

   We proudly present 100 dope women who hail from the continent and the Diaspora—an amazing collective of visionaries, champions, pioneers and innovators, these brilliant women.

3. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   And, as we have been reminded especially in these most recent times, stories of drought, bushfires, adapting to the many challenges that come with living in this great continent, but we would have it no other way as Australians because we love this land, its beauty and, yes, we know its terror, in all of its riches and all of its blessings, and we are a free, diverse and accepting people.

4. Paul Barrett:

   This is the first early armoured dinosaur to be named from the entire Asian continent and helps to show how the group spread around the world shortly after its origin just a few million years earlier.

5. United States:

   In Africa, ISIS-linked groups are on the rise. ISIS branches and networks now span the African continent from east to west and north to south. They've increased the lethality of their attacks, they've expanded into new areas, and they've repeatedly targeted United States interests, in South Asia, ISIS networks and ISIS-inspired terrorists are increasingly active.